The Life of Anskar
Rimbert, Vita Anskarii — the Life of Anskar, Apostle of the North
Rimbert of Hamburg-Bremen
Rimbert records the pagan counter-argument in full, including the offer to make a dead king into a god. He found it alarming. He wrote it down anyway.
- Catch rate
- 35 / 255
- Base research
- 146
- Stat total
- 282
Base stats
Every stat is a checkable fact about the actual book, not a designer's mood. Bars are drawn against the highest value any book reaches.
Why these numbers
The game's own explanation, as a reader sees it in the backpack.
Thirty-five years of a mission to Denmark and Sweden, written down by the man who inherited it.
It argues by outcome — the town that sacrificed and was sacked, the crew that prayed and got home.
Rimbert was there for part of it and knew the people who were there for the rest.
A life, told in order, and it takes its time.
Cited for this book
Anskar reached Birka in Sweden about 829 and again about 852. The second time, the Swedes put the question to their assembly and took a vote on it. The old man who spoke in favour did not argue that Christianity was true; he argued that this God had already helped several people in the room when they were in trouble at sea.
Moves learned
By levelling up. A book that develops keeps what it knew and learns the rest on its new schedule.
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Proved It at Sea | Experience | Argument | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Random Verse | Bible | Argument | 10 | 100% | 30 |
| 33 | Chapter… | Bible | Scripture | — | — | 12 |
| 37 | Why Reject What Serves? | Rationality | Argument | 74 | 100% | 15 |
| 41 | Against the Whole World | History | Argument | 74 | 95% | 15 |
| 45 | The Whole World Was Given Over | History | Argument | 88 | 100% | 10 |